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How long and how far have you gone without a visa?

I'm not talking about illegal traveling but I am saying I'm not going through the hassle of a visa. I was in Europe for 6 months before on a student Visa but now my boyfriend and I are going without one. I know you can stay in the Shengen region for 90 consecutive days and then need to leave for 90 and then come back. We are planning on going to the UK in the in between time.

We are looking at doing WOOF or work away to do hostel or farm jobs to keep us livin and traveling as long as possible.

What are your tips/expereinces/advice to keep us going and legal, and not going completely broke? Also, were any of you able to find pick up paid work as you went?

You are largely addressing the wrong audience. Fodorites are mainly middle to senior age who don't need to pick up casual work to continue travelling, who stay in hotels and eat out in restaurants. You should ask people on Thorntree and other youth- and budget-travel oriented sites.

You can't do any work on a visitors visa, which is effectively what you have. You also have to be able to support yourself, and to have insurance or enough money to pay for any health care you need. Healthcare is not free, and can be very expensive.
UK immigration will also need proof that you can support yourself without working, and plan to leave again.

They may not be centenarians, but Alec IS right. Unless the OP wants lectures pointing out that every single thing she is doing is utterly wrong, or reminiscences of how it was done 50 years ago, or an entertaining mashup of both, this is not the place for her.

>>We are looking at doing WOOF or work away to do hostel or farm jobs to keep us livin and traveling as long as possible. <<

NewBe may disapprove (and I'm not nearly 100 yo) -- bit one can't do Woof or farm/hostel work (legally). If you can pay your way w/o working, and can convince the border agents in Schengen and the UK that you have the means, then you can do the 90 in/90 out as long as you want.

But do realize no one isn't "guaranteed" 90 days in Schengen or 6 months in the UK . . . that is what you are allowed IF the border agents approve you.

It is not at all like a generation or more ago when one could basically bum around Europe forever. Plus w/ all the eastern European immigrants there are few casual jobs going wanting.

One thing is clear and Janis does indirectly point to the issue. Many countries have joined the EU over the past 20 years, some lf these have had low paid, low skilled workforces and in many cases there has been a flow of this labour force within the EU into the existing countries with a generally high skilled work force.

A function of this has been a huge clampdown on individuald entering from outside the EU and trying to work without the correct VISA. The penalties sanctioned on British employers who break the law are severe.

If you stay in the old quarter of Granada you will have to send the hotel the license plate number of your rental car so that you will be allowed to enter the area. There are automatic barricades set up to restrict traffic to residents, taxis and city buses.

Plus they have automatic cameras to capture number plate when you drive into no-go area, which is clearly signed (in Spanish). And in bus lanes.

well people seem to be having fun responding here but do note that OP here and Vera are one in the same....and Vera is a troll who re surfaces here with incredible regularilty...I don't come here often (I am sure Vera is sad about that) and each time I find this nonsense. Gone are the days where this was a serious travel forum

>Not possible to stay legal if you intend to work without the proper visa.

Exactly this is the one and important point mentioned in this thread that you have to keep in mind. So either find out whether you have the chance to get a work permit or working holiday visa for some country/countries - you are not mentioning your nationality so whether the option exists is impossible to answer for us - or forget about working.